CM reviews works of Dehradun-based constituencies

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat undertook Assembly-wise review of development works of Dehradun district at the State secretariat on Saturday. The State Congress president and Chakrata MLA Pritam Singh was conspicuous by his absence.

The CM told the officers concerned that work sanctioned for all the Assembly constituencies should be completed within the time frame with utmost seriousness. He clearly said that monitoring of all announcements made by him should be done on a regular basis. He assigned the responsibility of the same to  the District Magistrate and the secretary Amit Negi.

Rawat directed the authorities to complete all the necessary formalities for the proposed Song Dam quickly and added that the dam would prove extremely important in ensuring water supply in Dehradun once it is complete. He was informed that feasibility survey of the dam being planned to provide gravity based water supply to Dehradun is complete and at present geological, technical and hydrological studies are being done. He directed that preparation for the proposed plantation drive along Rispana river should be completed also at the earliest.

During the review of the CM announcements made in Chakrata Assembly segment, it was informed that the project estimate for the up-gradation work of Chakrata-Lakhamandal road would be given in a week.

The CM was apprised that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of proposed 257 meter cable bridge on  Kalsi-Chakrata motorway has been prepared.

On the demand of Dharampur MLA Vinod Chamoli, instructions were given for physical verification of works done till date of first and second phase of Transport Nagar road construction.

To establish Himalayan Research Institute at Doon University, the Chief Secretary was directed to do direct monitoring of the project. CM was told that approval has been granted to link the Government College Raipur with Maldevta Road in the Raipur Assembly constituency. The officials said that a sum of Rs 15 lakh has been sanctioned for the Doon Library Research Centre at Parade Ground within the Rajpur Road Assembly area. Similarly, a sum of Rs 1 crore was sanctioned for the Press Club building.

The CM was, further, informed that tender work for the Galazwadi and Gangol-Panditwadi Drinking Water Scheme in Mussoorie has been done. It was also told that four places have been identified for parking in Mussoorie. The officials claimed during the review that 70 percent of the construction of approved interior roads in various residential colonies in Cantonment Assembly segment has been completed.

The meeting was attended among others by the Minister in-charge of Dehradun district Yashpal Arya and MLAs-  Harbans Kapoor, Ganesh Joshi, Munna Singh Chauhan, Umesh Sharma Kau, Sahdev Singh Pundir, Khajandas and Vinod Chamoli. The chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, additional chief secretary Om Prakash and District Magistrate Dehradun were also present.

State Cong chief gives review meeting a miss 

After slamming the State Government for selectively undertaking review of development works of the BJP-represented Assembly constituencies while leaving the Congress-held ones out into the cold, the State Congress president and MLA from Chakrata Assembly constituency has given the comprehensive review meeting of the Assembly segments in Dehradun district held on Saturday a miss.

Notably, stung by the political heat generated by what the administration termed as inadvertent omission of some constituencies, the State Government had changed its stand and decided to go for a comprehensive district-wise review meetings of the Assembly constituencies. Quizzed why he abstained himself from the meeting held on Saturday, Pritam Singh said that he had not attended as he had neither been informed nor invited for the meeting.